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Charge for Water
for Road Watering
Purposes.
The Board have been in communication
with the Lambeth Water Company relative
to the charge (8id. per xooo gallons
low level and 1s. per 1000 gallons high level) made by
such Company for road watering purposes, and the
Company have agreed to make a deduction of 10 per
cent, from such charge.
School Board
for London.
The Board having received a letter from
the St. Saviour's District Board of
Works on the subject of the increase of the School
Board precepts, the subject was referred to the consideration
of the General Purposes Committee, who reported
as follows, viz.:—
The letter of the St. Saviour's District Board to the School Board
points out that the precept for the ensuing year will necessitate an
increase in the rate of 1½d. in the £, and expresses the opinion that
greater economy might be exercised by the School Board in several
particulars,—e.g. in the salaries paid to the head teachers, and by
reducing the number of subjects, not absolutely necessary for the
purposes of elementary education or contemplated when the Act was
passed, which are taught in the schools.
Your Committee find from the latest report of the Committee of
Council on Education that the expenditure per scholar in average
attendance in Board schools in London for the year was:—for salaries
£2 us. 1 11¼d., and the total expenditure for maintenance £3 6s.,
whilst the average expenditure under those heads in England and Wales
was £1 17s. 9¼d. and £2 8s. 9¾d. respectively. The expenditure
for salaries in Voluntary schools in London was £1 12s. 1¾d., and the
total expenditure for maintenance £2 5s. 0¾d. per scholar, whilst for
England and Wales the expenditure in Voluntary schools under such
heads was £1 9s. and £1 18s. 1¾d. respectively. It appears from
these figures that the expenditure in Board schools in London is about
46½ per cent more per scholar than the expenditure in Voluntary
schools there. Assuming that the test of successful teaching is the
amount of the grant made by the Education Department towards the
expenses of schools, your Committee find that the average annual rate
of grant per scholar in London for the year was 18s. 11¾d. in Voluntary
schools and 19s. 8¼d. in Board schools, a difference of about 3¾ per
cent only.